Recent content by Odd Job Man

Thanks for the reply. I have done a spyware scan and the problem appears to have gone away.

When I use Internet Explorer to get onto the net the MSN home page does not appear. Iget a message saying the directory listing is denied and the Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed. It doesn't stop me accessing web sites as I just go in via favourites. Does anyone have an...

Thanks for the advice gcol - the problem seems to have gone away without me doing anything.

I'm puzzled why ZA tells me I last updated the anti spyware on my system five days ago when I did it yesterday. Its ok with the dates of last scans and anti virus updates, but seems not to be registering anti spyware updates in the last week. Does anyone have any ideas why this is and does it...

Many thanks for all your replies. I'm going to advise new units.

Thanks for the advice. Sashwizzard, I can see how they dry out the glass from what you said, but what about reinstating the vacuum or gas between the panes - how do they do that or don't they do it at all and if so will the units work as well in the future?

My father has aluminium double glazed windows, several of which are misted between the panes because the seals have gone after some twenty-five years. He has seen adverts in the Yellow Pages for companies that claim to fix this problem. Is this a realistic idea? How is it done and does it...

Thanks for the advice - I can see the problem with a non-permeable membrane trapping any moisture up there where it can't be seen. Presumably that sort of lining is ok whwre you have felt directly under the tiles as in more modern houses. Peg board sounds good although I would think it would...

My 1920's semi has a large roof space with insulation between the ceiling joists covered with flooring grade chip board. The roof tiles have no felt beneath them but do have plentyof old dusty torching which falls off and makes anything stored in the roof very dirty. I would like to line the...

Thanks for the swift reply Breezer. The antivirus software had expired and I thought the firewall in XP would be sufficient protection anyway. Turns out the pc had been used previously on a local area network so maybe the XP firewall had been disabled to avoid conflict with the firewall in...

Hoping this doesn't seem like a daft query but here goes anyway. Until recently I had Office XP Standard for Students on my pc, which included Word and Excel etc. Then I had a virus problem and my local computer shop fixed it by re-installing Windows. Only it is the XP version, hence no Word...

Igorian - many thanks for your time in suggesting a remedy. Problem now sorted after re-loading Windows unfortunately. I may still have a problem with internet connection, but will open a new thread on this if I cannot fix it.

Thank you pc 1962 and Igorian, however trying System Restore didn't work. Is there anything else I can try short of reinstalling windows? I know this may sound over-simple, but as the problem seems to be that the Task Manager has been disabled by the Administrator, can I re-enable it somehow?

I seem to have given myself what looks like a massive problem and I would really appreciate some help from you people who know what they are doing. I've connected my other home pc to broad band and booted it up without sorting anti virus software first (I know, I know). I've had a flood of...